Two Indian teams scored huge points internationally to close the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6 sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills at the ELSA and Manfred Lachs Space Moot Asia Pacific round held in July.

IMLAM Moot 2015

The 16th Annual International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot 2015 held at Murdoch University from 3rd to 7th July 2015 witnessed participation of six Indian teams viz. Gujarat National Law University, Hidayatullah National Law University, NLSIU, NLIU, NLU Jodhpur and West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.

NLSIU, NLIU and WBNUJS emerged as quarterfinalists at the tier 5 moot. However, they could not proceed to the advanced rounds and thus are ineligible for any points.

However, NLSIU emerged as the Runner up for the Best overall written memo award and received 3 MPL points for that. National law Institute University Bhopal won the Best Newcomer award in the IMLAM Moot.

ISRO Manfred Lachs Funding Rounds 2015

NLU Jodhpur emerged as winner while besting NLSIU at the ISRO Manfred Lachs India Funding Rounds 2015 held at NLSIU. The Best speaker award also went to NLU Jodhpur. However, there was no memorial award as it would be indicative of the memorial elimination results. NLU Delhi and NALSAR were the semi finalists at the tier 4 moot.

However, ISRO Manfred Lachs Funding Rounds will not be part of the Mooting Premier League from the next season.

These two competitions wrapped up the sixth season of the Mooting Premier League (MPL) and we’ve updated the final rankings now – apologies for the slight delay in publishing this.

At a glance: Moot wise

Moot

Law School

IMLAM Hon’ble Menrion

NLSIU

ISRO Man Lachs Winners + Best Speaker

NLU Jodhpur

ISRO Man Lachs Runners Up

NLSIU

ISRO Man Lachs Semi-finalists

NLU Delhi

ISRO Man Lachs Semi-finalists

NALSAR

At A Glance: Law School Wise

Law School

Award

Score

NLSIU

IMLAM Hon’ble Mention (T5)

3

NLU Jodhpur

ISRO Man Lachs Winners + Best Speaker (T4)

15+8=23

NLSIU

ISRO Man Lachs Runners Up(T4)

8

NLU Delhi

ISRO Man Lachs Semi-finalists(T4)

4

NALSAR

ISRO Man Lachs Semi-finalists(T4)

4

Clarifications and adjustments before the final ranks

1. NLU Jodhpur were finalists, and not semi-finalists in ICC Trial. They finished second runners-up at the finals. However, the second runners up are not entitled to more than the points already awarded.

2. NALSAR was awarded the Best Overall Applicant award at Jessup 2015 and is entitled to 10 points for that. Also, Chinmayi Sharma (NALSAR) who was part of the winning team at Man Lachs Asia Pacific won the best speaker of finals award. In view of the past precedent, Nalsar is awarded 5 points for this.

The MPL 6 standing has accordingly been updated.

NLU Jodhpur takes it away

NLU Jodhpur has won the Herbert Smith Freehills-sponsored Mooting Premier League (MPL) season 6.

Previous winner for three years in a row, NLSIU is runner-up this season.

This is the first time that a university other than NLSIU or NALSAR has made it to the top spot.

NLU Delhi, finished in third place this season just in time owing to its performance at the Man Lachs World Rounds 2014 and Man Lachs Asia Pacific 2015.

NLU Jodhpur will take home Rs 30,000 from the prize pool sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills after gaining a whopping 303 points this season. NLS has stood at the 2nd spot after lagging by 97 points.

Rs 20,000 out of the pool will go to NLSIU, with Rs 10,000 going to NLU Delhi in third. NLU Delhi scored 177 points and was 29 points behind the runners up NLSIU.

NLSIU had previously won the fifth, fourth and third season of the MPL after Nalsar Hyderabad won the inaugural and second MPL seasons.

If you’re the MCC at each winning college, please get in touch with us to arrange the transfer of prize funds. Many thanks to all teams and Herbert Smith Freehills for its generous sponsorship. MPL 7 will commence shortly and catch up with moots held so far. Please get in touch with us if you think a specific moot should be part of MPL 7 at .

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Congratulations, NLU Jodhpur for they could end the monopoly hitherto enjoyed by NLSIU Bangalore and NALSAR Hyderabad. When new Law Schools put up tough resistance and snatch away prizes, it will encourage a healthy competition which in turn will culminate in the betterment of quality of Law education. As my daughter is a student of GNLU Gujarat, it may be my selfish wish that GNLU win some of the coveted prizes. I hope in the near future they will achieve it. The facultes are excellent in terms of their qualification and integrity.

LI has a mooting ranking and a placement ranking, which gives us an indication of which NLU students are bright and hardworking. But now you should do a faculty and infrastructure rankings of the NLUs. Isn't this also very important to compare the NLUs?

Well done NLUO.You deserve this.I always maintain NLUO as the one which is 'Lambi dour ka ghoda".Just watch my words.I believe any institution which does not admit students on the basis of quota has a bright future.

Congratulations to NLU-Jodhpur for winning this by such a big margin. Puts the so-called big guns to shame.

In other news, I heard that R. Venkata Rao might be leaving NLSIU soon since he has been offered the V-C post at a state university in Andhra Pradesh. For the sake of the institution, I hope he moves and the place gets a leader that it deserves.